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BDS Book Festival – The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms

BDS Book Festival – The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms

The Backdoor Survival Book Festival 4.0 continues, this time with The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms: Helpful Tips for Mushrooming in the Field by Pelle Holmberg andย  Hans Marklund.ย  As…

BDS Book Festival – Rivers + Interview with Michael Farris Smith

BDS Book Festival – Rivers + Interview with Michael Farris Smith

When the time came to decide which book to include in the next installment of the current Backdoor Survival Book Festival, I went to my stack of books and picked…

BDS Book Festival – Living On The Edge + Interview with F.J. Bohan

BDS Book Festival – Living On The Edge + Interview with F.J. Bohan

Every once in awhile, a book will come along that fills me with inspiration and allows me to dream about things that perhaps I may never be able to experience…

BDS Book Festival – The Amazing 2000-Hour Flashlight by Ron Brown

BDS Book Festival – The Amazing 2000-Hour Flashlight by Ron Brown

Next up the in the current Backdoor Survival Book Festival is a Q & A with Ron Brown, the author of The Amazing 2000-Hour Flashlight.ย ย  As always, there is also…

Introducing The Prepper’s Guide to Food Storage

Introducing The Prepper’s Guide to Food Storage

After months of hints, innuendo and promises, โ€œThe Prepperโ€™s Guide to Food Storage โ€ is golden.ย  Thatโ€™s right, after putting in a couple of all-nighters, I was able to complete…

BDS Book Festival – Escaping Home and The Survivalist Series

BDS Book Festival – Escaping Home and The Survivalist Series

Todayโ€™s entry in the current Backdoor Survival Book Festival is Escaping Homeย by A. American.ย  By now you know that A. American is the author of the hugely popular books, Going…

BDS Book Festival – After the Blackout + Interview with Paul Anthony

BDS Book Festival – After the Blackout + Interview with Paul Anthony

Today I share the next author interview and giveaway in the current Backdoor Survival Book Festival.ย  Paul Anthony, the author of After the Blackout, is joining usย for an interview and…

BDS Book Festival: Going Home, Surviving Home + Interview with A. American

BDS Book Festival: Going Home, Surviving Home + Interview with A. American

Today I share the next author interview and book giveaway in the latest Backdoor Survival Book Festival.ย  A. American, the author of Going Home and Surviving Home, is joining us…

BDS Book Festival: Expatriates + Interview With James Wesley Rawles

BDS Book Festival: Expatriates + Interview With James Wesley Rawles

Today I share the first author interview and book giveaway in the latest Backdoor Survival Book Festival.ย  James Wesley Rawles, the author of Expatriates: A Novel of the Coming Global…

Summer Book Festival: Emergency Air by F.J. Bohan

Summer Book Festival: Emergency Air by F.J. Bohan

Today I share the next author interview and book giveaway in the Backdoor Survival Summer Book Festival. F.J. Bohan, the author of EMERGENCY AIR, is back for an encore interview…

Winter Book Festival and Giveaway: FJ Bohan and Barbed Wire, Barricades and Bunkers

Winter Book Festival and Giveaway: FJ Bohan and Barbed Wire, Barricades and Bunkers

FJ Bohan, the author of Barbed Wire, Barricades, and Bunkers: The Free Citizen’s Guide to Fortifying the Home Retreat, answers questions from the Survival Woman plus offers a book giveaway to one lucky reader.

Winter Book Festival and Giveaway: Charlie Palmer and The Prepper Next Door

Winter Book Festival and Giveaway: Charlie Palmer and The Prepper Next Door

Today I share the first author interview in the Backdoor Survival Winter Book Festival. Charlie Palmer, the author of The Prepper Next Door, shares his answers to my questions and is also providing one of my readers with a free copy of his book.

Book Festival and Giveaway: An Interview with Joe Nobody

Book Festival and Giveaway: An Interview with Joe Nobody

Joe Nobody, the author of The Home Schooled Shootist, answers questions from the Survival Woman plus offers a book giveaway to one lucky reader.

Preparing for An Emergency with Limited Space and a Limited Budget

Preparing for An Emergency with Limited Space and a Limited Budget

The Survival Woman reviews How to Prepare for Most Emergencies on a $50 a Month Budget .

Book Festival: An Interview with Glen Tate

Book Festival: An Interview with Glen Tate

Today I share the 4th author interview in the Backdoor Survival Book Festival. Glen Tate, the author of the 299 Days series of survival fictionbooks, shares his answers to my questions and is also providing one of my readers with a free copy of his book, โ€œ299 Days: The Preparationโ€.

How to Score Free Homesteading, Self-Reliance and Survival eBooks on Amazon

How to Score Free Homesteading, Self-Reliance and Survival eBooks on Amazon

If you are a Facebook user, you know that I frequently post links to free Kindle e-books on Amazon. Many of these books are short, 100 pages or less, guides with advice on homesteading, making stuff, self-reliance and basic survival. Granted, some are better than others but heck, free is free.

Tips for finding free eBooks on Amazon and how to read them if you do not own a Kindle.